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involved

[ in-volvd ]

adjective

  1. very intricate or complex:

    an involved reply.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. implicated:

    involved in crime.

  3. concerned in some affair, especially in a way likely to cause danger or unpleasantness:

    I didn't call the police because I didn't want to get involved.

  4. committed or engaged, as in a political cause or artistic movement:

    The civil rights demonstration attracted the involved young people of the area.



involved

/ ɪˈɒ /

adjective

  1. complicated; difficult to comprehend

    an involved literary style

  2. usually postpositive concerned or implicated

    one of the men involved

  3. euphemistic.
    postpositivefoll bywith having sexual relations

    she was involved with a number of men

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·DZ·· [in-, vol, -vid-lee, -, volvd, -], adverb
  • ·DZĻ·Ա noun
  • ԴDzi·DZ adjective
  • ܲi·DZ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of involved1

First recorded in 1600–10; involve + -ed 2
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Example Sentences

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His full potential wasn’t unleashed until the third game of last season, when he became a starter as part of a lineup change that involved moving fellow linebacker Oluwafemi Oladejo to edge rusher.

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Flights were paid for the women to come from Romania between 2016 to 2019, with those involved subsequently met at airports.

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It's gross, and it's coming at a high cost for the families involved and the larger community, ratcheting up racial tensions and sowing paranoia, all over a case that is already heart-wrenching enough.

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Despite the claim of consistent marking by the SQA last year, their approach to awarding grades in 2024 involved more significant adjustments to grade boundaries than usual.

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Some will remain and help work through the engineering challenges involved in the project.

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